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Robert Woodrow Wilson

nobel prize for physics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Robert Woodrow Wilson
Full Name
of the recipient		Robert Woodrow Wilson
AwardNobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award1978
Share in Award25.0%
Award Shared withPyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (50.0%)
Arno Allan Penzias (25.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Place of BirthHouston, TX, United States USA
Date of Birth10 January 1936
Age
at the time of Award		41 years
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